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8.1 Case study environment
In this section we show how the individual tools within IBM TotalStorage
Productivity Center are combined to form the lab environment we have set up for
this case study. Our lab environment is shown in Figure 8-1.
Figure 8-1 Case study lab environment
Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Server
Windows 2000
IBM HTTP Server, DB2,
Websphere Application
Server, IBM Directory Server,
IBM Tivoli Provisioning
Manager
TotalStorage Productivity
Center Server
Windows 2000
IBM Director Server, DB2,
Websphere Application
Server, IBM TotalStorage
SAN Manager, Net View,
IBM ESS CLI, IBM HTTP
Server, IBM TotalStorage
Multiple Device Manager
Server, IBM TotalStorage
Productivity Center
IBM TotalStorage SAN
Manager Server
Windows 2000
IBM Fast Storage Manager,
LSI SMI-S Provider, IBM
TotalStorage SAN Manager
Agent
Windows 2000 Domain
Controler Server
Management Terminal
Windows 2000
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8.1.1 IBM Tivoli SAN Manager view
The following diagram is a pictorial description of our environment using IBM
Tivoli SAN Manager. We see the Storage Area Network view of the environment,
including the storage, management servers, applications servers, and the switch,
as shown in Figure 8-2.
Figure 8-2 IBM Tivoli SAN Manager display of our lab environment
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8.1.2 IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager view
Following is a pictorial description of the environment using IBM TotalStorage
Multiple Device Manager. Our configuration is shown in Figure 8-3.
Figure 8-3 IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager display - lab environment
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